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Recognised as Colour

#9E69E7

  • #9E69E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#9E69E7 is a violet with RGB values 158, 105, 231 and HSL 265°, 72%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#9E69E7#9E69E7
HEX#9E69E7
RGBrgb(158, 105, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4118, 0.9059
RGB percentages62%, 41.2%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(265.2, 72.4%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.2, 54.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK31.6%, 54.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,381,799
CSS custom property--colour: #9E69E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.63:1
Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#619618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3684EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4883E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8F829Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.9Medium purple · ΔE 11.5Slate blue · ΔE 14.4Medium orchid · ΔE 15.5Dark orchid · ΔE 22.4Royal blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 10.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2E769
Analogous#6973E7, #DD69E7
Triadic#E79E69, #69E79E
Split complementary#E7DD69, #73E769
Tetradic#E76973, #B2E769, #69E7DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3EDFC
Lighter +20%#D7C1F5
Lighter +10%#BA95EE
Darker −10%#823DE0
Darker −20%#6820CA
Darker −30%#51199E
Darker −40%#3A1272
More saturated +25%#9B53FD
Less saturated −25%#A17FD1

Channel breakdown

R158
G105
B231
Red158 (62%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue265.24°
Saturation (HSL)72.41%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 69 · B E7

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